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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



May 9, 1907. 



GARDENIA GRANDIFLORA l^i^,^^ 



We expect to begin cutting about May 10, and shall have 

 between 200,000 and 300,000 flowers to dispose of. Our bushes 

 are in fine, healthy condition and we believe we shall hava the 

 best stock ever put on the market. We oversee our own packing 

 and cull out poor, bad foliaged buds. The illustration in this 

 advertisement is 1-16 the real size of the buds. The flowers are 

 waxy white, with a dehghtful fragrance, which is retained after 

 shipping. The foliage is a dark, glossy green. They carry well 

 to all parts of United States. 



TKRM8, F. O. B. Per 100 Per 1000 



Class A, steins 12 to 18 Inolies $1.00 $9.00 



Class B, stems 6 to 12 inolies 75 6.50 



500 Buds at 1000 rate. 

 The buds in B stock are equally as good as in A, the differ- 

 ence being in length of stems. Either money in advance or C.O.D. 

 Reference, Alvin State Bank. 

 In ordering, please state time you wish flowers to reach you. 



Reg^ular Orders — Special attention is given to regular orders for the season, which lasts three or four weeks. We 

 believe these semi-tropical flowers will be a treat to your customers and pay you well. 



COOK & COOK, Alvin, Texas. 



Messrs. Cook & Cook, 

 Alvin, Texas. 



Dear Sirs:— Please send me $2 00 worth of Cape Buds, class 

 A., to reach here by May 26, If possible. The flowers you sent last year 

 were the best that ever came here. And obllsre, 



C. O'BuiEX, Greenville, Ohio. 



Messrs. Cook & Cook, 

 Alvin, Texas. 



Dear Sirs:— Flowers arrived here today in first-class shape. 

 They are very satisfactory. Many thanks for filliner the order so care- 

 fully. Very truly, 



Wm. Swinhank, Sycamore, 111. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



Twenty-seventh street, next Monday 

 evening, May 13. An especially good 

 meeting is anticipated. S. S. Skidelsky 

 will deliver an address in behalf of the 

 national flower show and the Bickards 

 brothers will sing, while the expert ca- 

 terer will "cate" as usual. Be there. 



Various Notes. 



John Ringier, brother of Arnold 

 Ringier, of Chicago, has returned to his 

 native land in quest of renewed health 

 and will spend the summer in Switzer- 

 land. 



Sigmund Geller leaves early in June 

 for his annual business tour in Europe. 



A. J. Guttman returns Wednesday 

 from Cuba and will give his observations 

 on tropical fruits and flowers at the club 

 meeting. 



There have been lively doings on 

 Twenty-eighth street. Mr. Sheridan's 

 plate-glass window was mysteriously 

 broken. Mr. Nugent swept the entrance 

 clean of an obstreperous colored demon- 

 stration which obscured the vision and 

 later in self-defense a native American 

 won a Marathon by overcoming a repre- 

 sentative of the race that defended the 

 pass with Leonidas at Thermopylae. After 

 the storm all has been placid and peace- 

 ful, but Twenty-eighth is a lively street 

 now that the wholesalers are gathering 

 there so fast. Gunther Bros, are already 

 settled and will soon have their new store 

 in up-to-date condition at No. 114, while 

 across the way Kervan has rented the 

 whole building and is moving in this 

 week. 



Hiram T. Jones has completed the out- 

 side planting at the Hotel Knicker- 

 bocker. 



The New York dailies on Monday were 

 profuse in reports of the overthrow of 

 the U. S. Express Co. in its long fight 

 against the flower growers of New York 

 and vicinity. It is said that to F. L. 

 Moore, of Chatham, N. J., special credit 

 is due for the splendid testimony he 

 gave before the commission. It was his 



Cape Jasmine Buds 



GARDENIA GRANDIFLORA 



75c per 100 ; $6.50 per 1000. 400 at 1000 rate. 



Reference: Alvin State Bank. 



THE ALVIN FLORAL CO., ALVIN, TEXAS 



Mention The Review when yog write. 



experimental shipping of the boxes that 

 clearly revealed the injustice of the ex- 

 press company's charges. 



On the occasion of his leaving Great 

 Neck, April 27, to fill a position on the 

 Hudson, James Bell, superintendent for 

 C. Mayre, was entertained at supper at 

 F. Kane's hotel. John Ingram occupied 

 the chair and, after supper, presented 

 Mr. Bell, in the name of his many 

 friends, with a handsome 400-day time- 

 piece. Mr. Bell feelingly replied. Alex. 

 Lothian gave a fine address ; also Messrs. 

 Matthews, Walker and Hoye. A pleas- 

 ant evening was spent with song and 

 story. Mr. Lothian, as toastmaster, pro- 

 posed the health of Mr. and Mrs. Bell 

 and family. The chairman moved a vote 

 of thanks to Mr. and Mrs. F. Kane for 

 the splendid supper. The company broke 

 up by singing "Auld Lang Syne." 



John Reese, lately with Bonnet & 

 Blake, has bought the retail store at 301 

 Flatbush avenue, formerly owned by 

 Miss Koch, of Flatbush. Mr. Reese has 

 had experience in all departments of the 

 business and should succeed. Miss Koch 

 will soon accept congratulations from 

 her many friends on the occasion of her 

 marriage to Julius Eoehrs, Jr., of 

 Rutherford, N. J. 



Last week I stated there had been 

 some closings of retail stores lately that 

 were no credit to the trade. The whole- 

 salers tell me this was putting the mat- 

 ter very mildly. In one case especially 

 it is said to be much easier to name 



those who escaped than the multitude 

 who were bitten. There are too many 

 barn doors locked after the horse has 

 got away. 



Reed & Keller have received notice of 

 the granting of a patent for their 

 famous cycas-leaf holder. Their latest 

 inventions are bamboo canopies, glass 

 hangers and screens. The latter, a three- 

 winged aflfair, cannot fail to become 

 popular, as it reduces cost to a minimum. 

 The firm has an exhibit this week at the 

 Quincy house in Boston. 



The firm of Wm. H. Brewer's Sons, 

 428 Fifth avenue, was dissolved April 

 30 by mutual consent. John L, Brewer 

 will conduct the business at the old 

 stand. Lorenzo Brower will have an office 

 in the Coogan building and devote his 

 attention to special and family work, a 

 new departure, which by persistence and 

 close attention to his patrons' interests 

 cannot fail to win. 



John Myers came to this country 

 forty-one years ago. He rented a block 

 of land from the Astor estate, at Nine- 

 tieth street and Broadway, for $500 a 

 year, and has been doing business there 

 all these years, while on every side of 

 him the city grew and buildings rose. 

 Fifty-ninth street was the end of New 

 York in those days. For forty years 

 Mr. Myers has been subject to a thirty- 

 day notice of removal from his acre and 

 a half and million-dollar block. At last 

 it has arrived. The greenhouses are 

 down, the building of great structures 



